Vaccine rabies im at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital

169 Martin Ave, Ephrata, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1083615587

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$1,222.20

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,527.75

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$12.50 with PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid vs $1,438.44 with Highmark — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $12.50 ↓ -99%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $12.50 ↓ -99%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $12.50 ↓ -99%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $12.50 ↓ -99%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $268.88 ↓ -78%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $313.68 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $313.68 ↓ -74%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $316.82 ↓ -74%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $323.09 ↓ -74%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $323.09 ↓ -74%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $329.36 ↓ -73%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $329.36 ↓ -73%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $329.36 ↓ -73%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $329.36 ↓ -73%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $329.36 ↓ -73%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $329.66 ↓ -73%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $330.78 ↓ -73%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $330.93 ↓ -73%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $332.50 ↓ -73%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $338.77 ↓ -72%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $369.90 ↓ -70%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $486.99 ↓ -60%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $517.57 ↓ -58%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $548.94 ↓ -55%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $688.50 ↓ -44%
Cigna All_Plans $975.01 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $983.57 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $983.57 ↓ -20%
Tower Health All_Plans $993.04 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $993.04 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $993.04 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $993.04 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $993.04 ↓ -19%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $998.50 ↓ -18%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $1,048.94 ↓ -14%
PHC All_Plans $1,069.43 ↓ -12%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $1,150.77 ↓ -6%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $1,150.77 ↓ -6%
Aetna All_Plans $1,182.48 ↓ -3%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $1,193.90 ↓ -2%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $1,193.90 ↓ -2%
Highmark Performance_Blue $1,193.90 ↓ -2%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $1,438.44 ↑ +18%

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Vaccine rabies im at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $800.00 $10.00 – $800.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $800.00 $11.00 – $900.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $259.80 $10.50 – $501.89
UPMC Cole Coudersport $319.20 $10.50 – $425.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $259.80 $10.50 – $385.83
UPMC East Monroeville $800.00 $11.00 – $800.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $800.00 $11.00 – $342.94
UPMC Northwest Seneca $800.00 $11.00 – $329.36

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